Open AccessOrbital and paraorbital tumors-clinicopathological profile and surgical management
Author(s) -
Somnath Saha,
Vedula Padmini Saha,
S. Chattopadhyay
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02968729
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , paranasal sinuses , radiology , orbit (dynamics) , treatment modality , surgical planning , surgical excision , surgical oncology , therapeutic modalities , retrospective cohort study , surgery , engineering , aerospace engineering
A total number of 31 cases of proptosis caused by primary orbital tumors, paranasal tumor extensions and nasapharyngeal tumors werte analysed in a retrospective study in relation to their age, sex, clinical and histological profile. Surgical management of this group of tumors depends on the anatomical location of the tumor and CT scan was considered as the primary modality of investigation. Different modalities of surgical treatment like lateral orbitotomy, medial orbitotomy, lateral rhinotomy, etc., have been adopted according to location of tumor. Surgical approaches and histopathological profile of the lesions causing proptosis are discussed in details.